Table 1.

Clinical outcomes.

	Experiment 1			Experiment 2			Experiment 3
	Preterm	Near-term	P	Colostrum	Formula	P	Fortified	Non-fortified	P
Total n	30	27		17	33		16	17
Birth weight (g)	1,028 ± 219	1,078 ± 262	NS	1,084 ± 198	1,007 ± 229	NS	1,024 ± 161	1,009 ± 214	NS
End weight (g)	1,114 ± 195	1,179 ± 309	NS	1,224 ± 249	1,095 ± 209	NS	1,954 ± 331	1,502 ± 279	<0.01
Passage of meconium (h)	31 ± 18	37 ± 27	NS	30 ± 19	31 ± 17	NS	25 ± 11	27 ± 16	NS
Gastric residual (g/kg)	16 ±9	19 ± 12	NS	19 ± 6	17 ± 9	NS	12 ± 2	8 ± 3	<0.01
Intestinal length (cm)	483 ± 153	471 ± 91	NS	327 ± 47	466 ± 150	<0.01	473 ± 51	405 ± 41	<0.01
Intestinal weight (g)	35 ± 6	37 ± 10	NS	37 ± 8	37 ± 15	NS	75 ± 12	54 ± 14	<0.01
Relative intestinal weight (g/kg)	32 ± 4	31 ± 4	NS	31 ± 5	34 ± 16	NS	39 ± 4	37 ± 11	NS
Colon weight (g)	11 ± 3	15 ± 3	<0.05	14 ± 5	11 ± 3	NS	33 ± 15	25 ± 7	NS
Relative colon weight (g/kg)	10 ± 1	11 ± 1	NS	11 ± 4	11 ± 3	NS	17 ± 7	18 ± 7	NS